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RFC 1422 - 3.3 Certificate Definition

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### 3.3 Certificate Definition

Certificates are central to the key management architecture for X.509 and PEM. This section provides an overview of the syntax and a description of the semantics of certificates. Appendix A includes the ASN.1 syntax for certificates. A certificate includes the following contents:

1. version

2. serial number

3. signature (algorithm ID and parameters)

4. issuer name

5. validity period

6. subject name

7. subject public key (and associated algorithm ID)

3.3.1 Version Number
3.3.2 Serial Number
3.3.3 Signature
3.3.4 Subject Name
3.3.5 Issuer Name
3.3.6 Validity Period
3.3.7 Subject Public Key

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RFC 1422 - 3.3 Certificate Definition